Copyright (c) 2008 IndianTrains.org. All rights reserved. http://www.indiantrains.org/blog/ Indian Trains Blog New Articles en-in Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:09:01 GMT 3 300 60 http://www.indiantrains.org/blog/ http://www.indiantrains.org/images/link/lo300x60.gif http://www.indiantrains.org/blog/article/?aid=55-Unrelated+Station+Names http://www.indiantrains.org/blog/article/?aid=55-Unrelated+Station+Names Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:52:45 GMT Old Man B Why do I get a list of unrelated station names when I type in a part of a station's name on the ticket availability form? For instance when I type che to get a list of stations in Chennai, I get a whole bunch of unrelated stations like: ANCHELI, BACHELI, BETAMCHERLA, CHANGANASERI, etc. http://www.indiantrains.org/blog/article/?aid=54-Indian+Railways+to+give+way+to+train+hostesses http://www.indiantrains.org/blog/article/?aid=54-Indian+Railways+to+give+way+to+train+hostesses Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:29:28 GMT Narain HAND IT to the Indian Railways to come up with newer concepts to woo budget airline travelers. The brains of the bosses of Rail Bhavan must be working overtime – after all, the Railway Minister lectures in the IIM's. THE LATEST in train travel is the train hostesses, which is slated to become a reality by September in the Indian Railways. The hostesses would be smartly attired damsels in blue trousers, white shirts, and blazers who will bring to the tired traveler his choicest dishes as he listens to strains of music. He can surf the internet and watch television pro grammes while munching snacks. Two additional air conditioned coaches would be added to trains on certain routes like the Kanchan Kanya Express and North Bengal Express from September 26, followed by a few other trains that include Delhi-Sealdah Samparkranti and Guwahati-Delhi Samparkranti. The arrangement will be a result of Public Private Partnership (PPP). Why the Rajdhanis have not been selected for the launch is a mystery. It is reported that the coaches would be equipped with imported blankets, world-class toilets and three hostesses each to serve snacks and meals to passengers. Besides this, there will be additional staff to take care of the security and cleanliness. To set the ball rolling, hostesses are being hired from a reputed air hostess training institute to launch the first batch of service in Kanchan Kanya Express and North Bengal Express from September. This will be an attractive proposition to long distance travelers who are accustomed to accepting poor levels of commitments by the authorities. The general feeling among passengers is one of despair – he is supposed to pay the fare and swallow whatever is dished out either in the form of food or services. Lack of hygiene is common as are the filth that one encounters at every step. http://www.indiantrains.org/blog/article/?aid=53-Indian+Railways+to+give+way+to+train+hostesses http://www.indiantrains.org/blog/article/?aid=53-Indian+Railways+to+give+way+to+train+hostesses Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:28:14 GMT Narain HAND IT to the Indian Railways to come up with newer concepts to woo budget airline travelers. The brains of the bosses of Rail Bhavan must be working overtime – after all, the Railway Minister lectures in the IIM's. THE LATEST in train travel is the train hostesses, which is slated to become a reality by September in the Indian Railways. The hostesses would be smartly attired damsels in blue trousers, white shirts, and blazers who will bring to the tired traveler his choicest dishes as he listens to strains of music. He can surf the internet and watch television pro grammes while munching snacks. Two additional air conditioned coaches would be added to trains on certain routes like the Kanchan Kanya Express and North Bengal Express from September 26, followed by a few other trains that include Delhi-Sealdah Samparkranti and Guwahati-Delhi Samparkranti. The arrangement will be a result of Public Private Partnership (PPP). Why the Rajdhanis have not been selected for the launch is a mystery. It is reported that the coaches would be equipped with imported blankets, world-class toilets and three hostesses each to serve snacks and meals to passengers. Besides this, there will be additional staff to take care of the security and cleanliness. To set the ball rolling, hostesses are being hired from a reputed air hostess training institute to launch the first batch of service in Kanchan Kanya Express and North Bengal Express from September. This will be an attractive proposition to long distance travelers who are accustomed to accepting poor levels of commitments by the authorities. The general feeling among passengers is one of despair – he is supposed to pay the fare and swallow whatever is dished out either in the form of food or services. Lack of hygiene is common as are the filth that one encounters at every step. There have been innumerable instances of trains speeding its way through to its destination with no water in the overhead tanks! http://www.indiantrains.org/blog/article/?aid=52-Indian+Railways+an+Overview http://www.indiantrains.org/blog/article/?aid=52-Indian+Railways+an+Overview Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:47:08 GMT vinod India is known to have one of the biggest railway systems in the existence. Indian railway is known to embody the greatest train net inside the domestic territory of Republic India extending immense distance of 63000 kilometers. Railway cover is assembled between 7000 railways posts turned up inside the boundary from Indian domestic district getting across each nine districts of the nation. Indian railroad line comprises to personify the existent way of transport to ambit single location to another inside the domestic edges of India. There are quarter principal geographical zone specified as northern, southern, north-east, western zones which necessitates whole train depot situated at the boundary of Indian domestic dominion which are Jammu, Trivandrum Imphal and Bombay . http://www.indiantrains.org/blog/article/?aid=51-How+to+find+the+Train+route+and+stations%3f http://www.indiantrains.org/blog/article/?aid=51-How+to+find+the+Train+route+and+stations%3f Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:56:44 GMT nirosh Your can check the train schedule by entering the train number or train name. You can search by the train name and number by entering the few words of the train name or number. The train route will display the route of the stations and the scheduled day of running. It will give the arrival time and departure time according to the route. You can also find your route to reach the destination quickly. To know more details you can check the train route by visiting www.indiantrains.org/train-route/. http://www.indiantrains.org/blog/article/?aid=50-Indian+Railways+on+top http://www.indiantrains.org/blog/article/?aid=50-Indian+Railways+on+top Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:24:18 GMT harri Indian Railways is the largest rail network in Asia and the world’s second largest under one management. Indian Railway employs more than 1.6 million and holds again the distinction of the largest employer in the country. Indian Railways runs around 11,000 trains everyday, of which 7,000 are passenger trains Find Map For administrative purposes Indian Railways is divided into 16 zones. They are: 1. Central Railway 2. Western Railway 3. Eastern Railway 4. South East Central Railway 5. Northern Railway 6. East Coast Railway 7. North Eastern Railway 8. North Central Rail way 9. North East Frontier Railway 10. North Western Railway 11. Southern Railway 12. South Western Railway 13. South Central Railway 14. West Central Railway 15. South Eastern Railway 16. East Central Railway http://www.indiantrains.org/blog/article/?aid=49-Booking+E+tickets+online+from+Indian+Railways http://www.indiantrains.org/blog/article/?aid=49-Booking+E+tickets+online+from+Indian+Railways Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:22:04 GMT harri How to book? Indian railways now has an e ticketing facility. Book your ticket, pay using Visa or Master card and simply print the ticket or ERS (Electronic Reservation slip) on your own computer. Carry it with you along with your stated ID and you're on the train!! IR accepts the following as valid ID Voter Identity Card Passport PAN card Driving License Central/ state Govt issued Photo ID card. When you are traveling You must carry the proper identity card as given during booking. Your name must be on the reservation chart. You must carry a platform ticket with him. As yet this is a limited service but hopefully this will be extended as thing progress. At present only confirmed / RAC tickets can be booked through e-Reservation, For more info see here E-tickets http://www.indiantrains.org/ To book you'll have to register here Online Booking (tip : the online booking form demands a zip code and will only except a 6 digit Indian type pin code, make one up or copy from the net, it works no problem just a glitch in the booking form) Important note You will be treated as ticket less and not be authorized to board the train if your/ the passenger's name does not appear on the chart. e-tickets will be available only for confirmed/ RAC tickets at this point of time. If the status is WL (neither Confirmed nor RAC) at the time of booking, the ticket will not be booked. A fine of Rs 50 on forgetting ERS http://www.indiantrains.org/blog/article/?aid=48-Indian+railways+to+activate+sms+service http://www.indiantrains.org/blog/article/?aid=48-Indian+railways+to+activate+sms+service Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:16:08 GMT harri Indian railways are going to introduce a new service which you can book your tickets through mobile. http://www.indiantrains.org/blog/article/?aid=47-Indian+Railways+Passenger+Ticket+Reservation+in+Indianrail.gov http://www.indiantrains.org/blog/article/?aid=47-Indian+Railways+Passenger+Ticket+Reservation+in+Indianrail.gov Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:40:02 GMT harri Booking Indian Railways Tickets Online is generally not recommended because most of the times the Indian railways website goes down and the customers lose their money because the payment gateway approves the funds and while transferring the data from their end to the railways website, the connection gets cut. This has happened to me twice while i used once my ICICI Gold Credit card and second time i used ICICI Direct Bank Payment, both the times the transactions failed because the connection could not be established and later we get a message saying we need to make the payment again. On the other hand the railway department offers a PNR inquiry toll free number which you can use in order to contact and get details about your latest transaction, and when you do the same you are told that they have not received any funds from ICICI nor Credit Card Company. When you contact the payment processing company they claim that the payment is made from their end and they you cannot do anything about this and we need to contact the railway officials. There were recent claims from the Indian railways that the online tickets booking has increased from 3% to 10% but wonder how many passengers are losing their hard earned money because of their useless back end software. Even if you check out the official railways website its full of Google ad sense ads which may be the IT department is using to fill in their pockets. Last time i checked out their website the ads turned out to be for premium publishers and this would be obvious with the huge traffic and now high income for the railways department.